A Whirlwind Marriage with the Beautiful CEO novel Chapter 43

Chapter 43 

Upon receiving the loan, Emmanuel went to pick up 

Alessandra in a taxi. 

“Mom, why did you come to Uncle Benny’s house?” 

Emmanuel asked Alessandra when she emerged from 

Benny’s residential area. 

“I–It’s nothing! I wanted to inform him of your marriage 

and invite him over for a meal just to get to know each 

other better,” Alessandra lied with a sheepish smile. 

In spite of that, Emmanuel knew that she must have 

asked Benny for a loan. Moreover, she was hiding the 

fact that she was rejected in order for him not to 

resent his uncle. 

Emmanuel had no illusions as to what kind of person 

Benny was. Despite the latter’s wealth, he had never 

lent them a single penny. If that wasn’t bad enough, 

Benny’s family, being cheap, would take whatever they 

fancied every time they dropped by Emmanuel’s home 

for a visit. 

“Mom, Mackenzie has given me thirty thousand. I can 

afford to pay for your treatment now,” Emmanuel 

informed her once she got into the car. 

“What? You borrowed another thirty thousand?” 

The news shocked Alessandra. 

Previously, Emmanuel had told her about the 

sixty–thousand loan he had given to Frederick to pay for his mother’s medical fees. She didn’t blame him 

since both of them were best friends. However, she didn’t want Emmanuel to lose his wife on the account 

of his friend. 

“Manny, does this mean that you didn’t give her any 

betrothal gifts? Or even something to seal the 

engagement with?” 

“No, I didn’t.” Emmanuel shook his head with a wry 

smile. “Mackenzie has plenty of money, so this is 

something that isn’t important to her.” 

“Are you silly?” 

The exasperated Alessandra poked his head. “There’s 

no girl in this world who doesn’t like presents. On top of 

that, who marries without giving a betrothal gift? Even 

if the girl is rich, you still have to gift her something to 

seal the engagement!” 

Emmanuel sighed in response. Not getting Mackenzie a gift wasn’t his intention. He just couldn’t afford it for the time being. If he ended up getting her something 

cheap, he was worried that she would look down on 

him because of that. 

Just as Alessandra wanted to press her case, her 

raging emotions caused her kidneys to hurt again. 

Cold sweat broke out across her forehead as she held 

her upper abdomen. 

“Driver, please step on it!” 

After urging the driver to hurry, Emmanuel tried to ease 

his mother’s pain by applying pressure on her 

acupoints. 

Upon their arrival at the hospital ten minutes later, he 

dashed into the internal medicine department with 

Alessandra on his back. 

The scene caught the attention of many at the 

hospital entrance. 

Seated in the back seat of a Bentley, Mackenzie 

coincidentally caught a glimpse of them. 

Is the person Emmanuel carrying his mother? What 

happened to her? Her condition looks more serious 

than mine. 

“Ms. Quillen, we have arrived at the hospital.” 

Lexi quickly alighted from the driver’s seat and came 

over to open the door. 

A short while ago, Mackenzie suffered a gastric attack 

during work. Thus, Lexi rushed her to the hospital and 

was now offering to help her out of the car. 

“I’m fine. I can walk by myself.” 

Mackenzie’s reply caused Lexi to realize the faux pas 

she committed.